This Moroccan Sweet Potato Salad is easy, exotic, full of flavor, and super tasty with homemade dressing, perfect to impress your guests.
Course: Salad, Side Dishes
Cuisine: Moroccan
Keyword: vegan
Ingredients
For the Salad:
1-2poundssweet potatoes
1/3cuppistachios
1/2cupcucumberdiced
1cupRoma tomatocubed
1/2cupparsley or cilantroroughly chopped
1/2cupdatesthinly sliced
3tablespoonsfresh mint
Dressing:
1cupraw cashewssoaked in water overnight
2tablespoonsplus 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1tablespoonlemon zestabout 1 very large lemon
1-2teaspoonsground cumin
2teaspoonsfresh gingerminced
1 1/2teaspoonsground cinnamon
1teaspoonsalt
1/4teaspoonpaprika
1/4teaspoonground allspice
Pinchof pepper
Instructions
Cut the potatoes into large chunks and place them in a large pot of salted water, or air-fried whole at 400 for 30 minutes.
Once water boiling, reduce the heat to medium/high so that the pot retains a steady boil and cook the potatoes until they're are fork tender, about 20-25 minutes. Drain them and let them sit until they're cool enough to handle.
Meanwhile, in a non stick skillet roast pistachios until they are golden brown about 1-2 minutes.
Roughly chop and set aside the nuts.
Drain the water from the soaking cashews and place them into a high-powered blender.
Add in all the remaining "dressing" ingredients and blend until they're smooth and creamy.
Once potatoes are cool, peel the skin from the potatoes and chop them into cubes, placing in a large bowl.
Add the cucumber, tomato, cilantro or Parsley,dates, mint and chopped pistachios.
Pour all the dressing over the salad and mix until evenly coated.
Cover and refrigerate it for at least 1 hour so the flavors develop.